Suggestion about partitioning

[fsmorelli]

Hi guy.
I would appreciate a suggestion. I was a Windows user and had two partitions, one for the system and another for data. If I do this scheme in my Macbook, I wonder if I should move my user folder (/ Users / (name)) to the data partition.

Thank you.
Francis

 

[ian.maffett]

I used to (well, still do for my pcs) but never found the need in osx. It's a different world. Really not worth the aggravation. Maintenance will work much better.

 

[fsmorelli]

Actually i found the thing i'd like to do. It has to do with this comment that i found on the internet: "It’s*not*really*a*good*idea*to*move*your*entire*home*folder*to*another*drive*if*you*want*to*gain*significant*speedups*from*an*SSD*since*lots*of*small*config*etc.*files*are*stored*inside*your*home/Library/…*folders.
Instead*just*move*the*big*stuff*(Pictures, Movies, Music) to*another*drive*and*symlink*them*back*to*your*home*folder."

How to do this symlink?
thank you

 

[Sc00tr]

Actually i found the thing i'd like to do. It has to do with this comment that i found on the internet: "It’s*not*really*a*good*idea*to*move*your*entire*home*folder*to*another*drive*if*you*want*to*gain*significant*speedups*from*an*SSD*since*lots*of*small*config*etc.*files*are*stored*inside*your*home/Library/…*folders.
Instead*just*move*the*big*stuff*(Pictures, Movies, Music) to*another*drive*and*symlink*them*back*to*your*home*folder."

How to do this symlink?
thank you

copy the folders
open terminal and do the rest in the terminal
get root access (sudo -s) it will ask you for your password
delete the folders (rm folder_name)
create the link (ln -s source target)

I did this with my SSD and it works really well. I left the Desktop & Library folder & created links for the Docs, Music, Pics.